[Ken Rosenthal] says that the LA Dodgers are interested in Wilson, but when the Pirates asked for slick-fielding SS prospect Chin-Lung Hu, OF Delwyn Young, and another prospect in return, the Dodgers “balked.”

That DOES sound like a heck of a lot to ask for just Wilson, who is fabulous on D but doesn’t give you much with the bat. However, Huntington is taking the right approach and asking high. There are a lot of teams looking for shortstops, and he has plenty of time. The Winter Meetings will be very interesting.————————Bucco Nation is either falling in love with or loving making fun of these two Indian pitchers, Rinku Singh and Dinesh Patel. Their blog is updated, reflecting the signings:[We are now Pirates!!!]

“We went right away to internet to locate Pittsburgh on map. It is in north east part of USA and looks like very good city. First we go to Florida which is the south east part of USA. We train there with all other Pittsburgh Pirates teammates and live there too.”

“Since news of signing with Pittsburgh Pirates, Riknu and I have been saying many interviews. We talk with reporter and see they write about us, but we always hoping that reporter would be talking slower so it is more easy for us to understand. I am think that we sound bad, but JB, sir says we are doing good job of talking. We practiced for 2 hours with JB, Sir tonight.—-These guys are the coolest. [Here's an article] from the Hindustan Times about them.—-Of course, the jokes are rolling in as well. From [Harold and Kumar] to this [PG poll where 52% call the move "desperate"] (and 18% call it insane) to [javelin throwers]…the Bucs are going to take some heat for this. But look at it this way. It’s an extremely low-cost move, and if these guys do not pan out (they probably won’t), we lose nothing. We may gain a bunch of fans in the world’s most densely populated country no matter what happens, especially if they succeed. India has a heck of a lot of people, so it probably IS a decent idea to start looking for talent there.-They will start the season in Single-A or lower. Despite all the coverage they are getting, they are not going to be Opening Day starters.